Jewish prayer is an aid to developing a meritorious attitude and a commendable way of feeling. Therefore, Jews actively seek reasons to praise God's creation. There are Jewish prayers to be said when witnessing a falling star, when hearing the clap of thunder in the clouds, when seeing a rainbow, when noticing the first bud of spring on the branch of a tree, when placing a mezuzah (a decorative box containing portions of the most important Jewish prayer, the Shema) on a doorpost, when sitting in the sukkah at Sukkot, and even when seeing a very tall or extremely short person. Jewish prayers are usually recited in Hebrew. Yet, they can be recited in any vernacular or local language, whether it is English, Aramaic, French, Spanish, Arabic, or Russian. Jews believe that God understands no matter what language a person employs in prayer. Even silence is sometimes said to be an appropriate Jewish prayer language. The most important of all Jewish prayers is a prayer called the Shema. Strangely enough, the Shema is a prayer that speaks to the Jewish people, and not to God. Its verses instruct the Israelites what they have to do. Here is a part of the Shema prayer: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יהוה אֶחָד Hear, O Israel, the Eternal is our God, the Eternal is One. Blessed be God's Name and glorious kingdom forever...
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Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically-mandated Shalosh regalim on which Jews made pilgrima ...
Chag Sukkot / חג הסוכות , translated means “the feast of Tabernacles", occurs for seven days. There is a quick transition from the high holidays, with their somber mood of repentance to a holiday of rejoicing and celebration, for which the people are commanded to build a hut (Sukkah; plura ...
HaShem said to Moses, “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to HaShem. Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before HaShem your God. Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be ...
Yom Kippur is probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year. Many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and/or attend synagogue services on this day. Yom Kippur occurs on the 10th day of Tishri. The holiday is instituted at Leviticus 23:26 et seq. The name "Yom Kippur" means "Day of At ...
Yosef played a big role in saving many lives from the famine. He revealed his identity to his brothers, and called his father to join him in Egypt. Ya’akov delivered a final blessing to each son. Families today gather to welcome the Shabbat. The Father lays his hands on the children and blesses them. to the girls he says "May God make y ...
Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. ` Yom Kippur is a complete Sabbath; no work can be performed on that day. The people of Israel traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spe ...
Yom Kippur, or “The Day of Atonement” is a day to atone, or seek forgiveness for sins between man/women and God.(not however for sins made between men/women.) It is the 10th and final day of “The Days of Repentance”, or more commonly known as “The High Holy Days”, Which begins with Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur is c ...
Yom Kippur,יום כיפור means "Day of expiation". It occurs on the tenth day of the month of Tishrei and puts an end to the "Ten Days of Awe" which are the days of repentance that start on the first day of the month of Tishrei, for Rosh Hashana. Each one is called on this special day ...
Weekly Sidra: Ha'azinu (Give ear) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 Haftorah Shabbat Shuva Hoshea / Hosea 14:2-10 Mica / Micah 7:18-20 18 Who is a Hashem like You, Forgiving iniquity And remitting transgression; Who has not maintained His wrath forever Against the remnant of His own people, Because He loves graciousness! 19 ...
...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24 (Note: when any Bible holiday falls any day, that day becomes Shabbat / Sabbath, even if it is Tuesday). Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah m ...
The seasonal feasts of HaShem - Holidays in Israel. The Hebrew Scriptures tell us: “These are the appointed times of HaShem, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them.” – Leviticus 23:4 Israel's Feasts, outlined in Vayikra / Leviticus 23, are worthy of serious study. There is much redemptive and p ...
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Shabbat-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation” (Vayikra / Leviticus 23:24). The shofar is/was blown on the first of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish religious calendar. It is Yom Teruah, “th ...
The crafting of Shofars is an ancient art that hasn’t changed much for thousands of years. Every Shofar starts out as a raw horn of an animal. There are several types of animals whose horns can me made into a Shofar. The most common Shofar is made from the horn of a ram, that is a male sheep that is at least a year old. The ...
This month of Elul is a month of introspection - examining what we did right and how to improve upon it - and where we erred and how to correct it. It is especially a time of closeness to the King of Kings who is said these days "to be in the field" - in other words, our prayers are especially poignant, direct and pleasing to the Creator ...
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